It is an LCD, only two years old. I don't have a video card. Computer is a cheap Dell that is about a year old. I'm sure it has onboard video. I have an old 17 inch LCD monitor I can use in an emergency. It is a Planar. I expected the Acer to be a better monitor but I guess this one isn't. LOL Hope all is well with you, Clint. Vern On 4/28/2011 9:33 PM, Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote: > Sure, it's not like it's going to get any better. ;-) > > Is this a CRT or LCD monitor? > > Video card problems can cause some oddball things to appear on > a monitor's screen, so keep that in mind. I had the video RAM > on my video card go bad a while back and while it did not have > that exact problem, it did do other "odd" things. You should > probably try and swap a monitor now just to be sure the problem > goes away. That way you'll know for sure if it's the monitor. > -Clint > > God Bless, > Clint Hamilton, Owner > www.OrpheusComputing.com > www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com > www.OrpheusComputing.com/cheap_reliable_web_hosting.html > www.OrpheusComputing.com/PCworks-computer-help-email-list.html > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vern" > > I have an Acer 22 inch monitor that might be 2 years old. There > is a > shadow to the right of everything that appears on the screen. > > Have had this for at least a month. > > Should I be looking for a new monitor? Will this be gradually > getting > worse? > > Vern > ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-